中能重离子微束辐照装置的研制

微束辐照装置是将辐照样品的束斑缩小到微米量级, 能够对辐照粒子进行准确定位和精确计数的实验平台, 是开展辐照材料学、辐照生物学、辐照生物医学以及微加工的有力工具. 中国科学院近代物理研究所(IMP)正在研制中能重离子微束辐照装置. 该装置以兰州重离子加速器(HIRFL)系统提供的中能和低能重离子束流为基础, 采用磁聚焦方式形成微米束. 束运线上两台铅垂方向的偏转磁铁辅以四极磁铁构成对称消色差系统, 将束流导向地下室, 再用高梯度的三组合四极透镜强聚焦形成微米束斑, 在真空中或大气中辐照样品. 它将成为国内首台能够提供从低能(10MeV/u)到中能(100MeV/u)的重离子微束的公共实验平台, 用于定位、定量照射靶物质(生物细胞、组织或其它非生物材料等), 有助于深入揭示重离子与物质相互作用的本质, 也为探索重离子辐照效应的应用提供新的手段.     

微束技术在放射生物学中的应用

微束装置可以为生命科学研究提供微米定位、剂量特定的电离辐射,在生物体内的电离辐射靶物质及其敏感度、靶物质的损伤及修复机制研究中具有独特的作用。概述了生物微束装置和实验技术的发展及其在低剂量辐射效应、旁观者效应、信号传导研究中的主要应用;介绍了中国科学院近代物理研究所（IMP）重离子微束装置,该装置可以提供能量7~ 80 MeV/u、传能线密度为30~ 3000 keV/μm的重离子微束,实现了活细胞辐照和在线观察、小鼠定位辐照的实验技术;利用IMP微束装置在重离子诱导旁效应实验、小鼠下丘脑重离子辐照效应和DNA损伤快速修复动态等方面取得了一些实验成果。The microbeam facility can provide micrometer scale localized and predefined ionizing radiation in the life science study, and the microbeam techniques play a unique role in determining the target substances of ionizing radiation, as well as in the study of radiation sensitivity, mechanisms of radiation damage response and repair. This paper summarizes the technical developments of biological microbeam facilities and their applications in the studies of low-dose radiation effect, bystander effect and cellular signaling. This paper also introduces the recent developments at the heavy-ion microbeam facility in the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP), which can provide heavy ion microbeam irradiation with energy of 7~80 MeV/u and LET of 30~3000 keV/μm. The facility can perform radiobiological irradiation and online investigation in living cells and mice, including bystander effect study, sleeping system influence after irradiation to mice hypothalamus and the recruitment dynamics of XRCC1 protein.     

离子微束技术及其多学科应用

通过微米孔准直或电磁聚焦技术可将加速器产生的MeV离子束形成微米尺寸的离子束斑(微束), 从而用来研究固体和生物样品的微米空间分辨的材料信息和辐照响应。 结合MeV离子微束的发展历史综述了微束技术和跨学科应用, 包括利用微束开展具有空间分辨的离子束分析、 单粒子效应、 微纳加工和细胞辐射响应等研究。 介绍了中国科学院近代物理研究所的高能重离子微束辐照装置, 该装置成功地将总能量为1 GeV的C离子在大气中聚焦为1 μm×2 μm的微米束斑。 Beam of MeV ions from particle accelerators can be confined by collimators or focused by electrical/magnetic quadruples into micrometer size, and this microbeam can be used to obtain spatial information or radiation effect in solids and biological samples. This paper reviews the technical developments and the multi disciplinary applications of microbeam, including ion beam analysis, single event effect in semiconductor devices, proton beam writing and cellular response to targeted particle irradiations. Finally, the high energy heavy ion microbeam facility at the Institute of Modern Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences is introduced, which has successfully focused 1 GeV Carbon ions into a beam spot of 1 μm×2 μm in air.     

微束辐照装置及其在生物和材料领域中的应用

自从20世纪50年代开始利用微束辐照生物活细胞以来,由于微束独特的辐照特征, 其在生物学、 材料学、 生物医学、航空航天科学、环境科学、地质学、微加工等领域得到了广泛的应用。 在前人大量研究的基础上, 对微束装置及其应用进行总结概括。 展望了微束的发展趋势并简单介绍中国科学院近代物理研究所正在兴建的中高能重离子微束辐照装置。 Collimated proton microbeam has been used to irradiate the biological living cells since 1850s. Due to its unique characteristic in irradiation, microbeam has been extensively applied to many research fields,such as biology, material science, biomedicine,aeronautics and stronautics, environmental science, geology,micromachining and so on. Based on the much research of predecessors, the microbeam facilities and their corresponding applications are summarized in this paper. At last,prospects on the development trend of microbeam are made, and the intermediate energy and high energy heavy ion microbeam irradiation facility being constructed at the Institute of Modern Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences is briefly introduced.     

快重离子辐照效应的穆斯堡尔谱学研究

概述了利用穆斯堡尔效应开展的固体材料快重离子辐照效应研究的部分结果 ,并对建立在兰州重离子加速器 (HIRFL)上的在束穆斯堡尔谱学研究装置及其应用作了简要的介绍.Mssbauer spectroscopy study of irradiation effects induced by swift heavy ions in solid materials were briefly presented.Amorphization phenomenon of yttrium iron garnet irradiated by 1 GeV Ar ions has been investigated. For the first time, the nearly complete amorphous state was observed. Stainless steel 316L samples were irradiated with 54 MeV C ions and phase transformation of the samples was observed. HT 9 ferrite steel was irradiated with 510 MeV C ions. Its phase...     

HIRFL微束辐照装置偏转磁铁的安装准直

微束辐照装置是将辐照样品的束斑缩小到μm量级, 能够对辐照粒子进行准确定位和精确计数的实验平台, 是开展辐照材料学、 辐照生物学、 辐照生物医学和微加工的有力工具。 μm量级的束流对设备的准直安装也提出了极高的要求, 对于HIRFL系统微束线上的二极磁铁, 由于其所在位置的空间相当狭小, 使得设计就位时磁铁的位置及角度与地面做基准时的不同, 这给安装准直工作带来了挑战。 通过引入变化的基准坐标值的办法, 有效解决了这一难题, 使全部磁铁安装误差都控制在了要求的公差范围之内。 Microbeam irradiation facility is a experiment platform, which can reduce the beam spot on the irradiated sample to micrometer level, and can accurately locate and count the radioactive particles. It is a powerful research tool for the irradiation material science, irradiation biology, irradiation biomedicine and micro mechanical machining. The microbeam irradiation facility requires the precise work for installation and alignment. These conditions make magnet’s change for directions and positions because the location space of dipole magnets in micro beam line of HIRFL(Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou) is very small. It is a challenge for the installatior and alignment work of magnets. It was solved by transforming coordinates of benchmarks of magnets, which controlled the error of magnet setup within error tolerance range.     

高能重离子辐照的低活化钢硬化效应

为了探讨聚变堆候选低活化钢的抗辐照性能,在兰州重离子加速器国家实验室HIRFL的材料辐照终端,利用63 MeV的~(14)N离子和336 MeV的~(56)Fe离子在-50?C下对一种国产低活化钢进行辐照实验.借助离子梯度减能装置,使入射离子能量在0.22—6.17 MeV/u之间变化,从而在样品表面至24μm深度范围内产生0.05—0.20 dpa的原子离位损伤坪区.利用纳米压痕仪测试样品辐照前后的显微硬度,通过连续刚度测量(constant stiffness measurement)得到低活化钢硬度的深度剖面信息.使用Nix-Gao模型很好地描述了纳米压痕硬度随深度递减的现象(压痕尺寸效应,indentation size effect),从而有效避免了低能离子辐照的软基体效应(softer substrate effect).正电子湮灭寿命谱显示低活化钢在辐照之后长寿命成分增加,说明样品中产生了大量缺陷形成空位团,从而导致了材料力学性能的变化,在离子辐照剂量增加至0.2 dpa时,平均寿命τ_m增加量逐渐变慢,材料中辐照产生的缺陷趋于饱和.     

16Cr-ODS铁素体钢的初始氧化物弥散相结构对抗辐照硬化和Ne离子脆化性能的作用研究

依托兰州重离子研究装置(HIRFL),开展了3 种不同氧化物弥散强化的16Cr-ODS铁素体钢的重离子辐照损伤研究,旨在探究氧化物颗粒结构参数(尺寸和密度)对材料辐照硬化和Ne离子辐照脆化效应的影响。采用6.17 MeV/u的Ni离子辐照和Ne离子,借助辐照终端的梯度减能装置在材料样品中产生了均匀的辐照损伤坪区。借助纳米压痕和小冲杆测试技术分别获得了辐照前后材料的纳米硬度和延伸率数据。探究了氧化物纳米颗粒的界面对于缺陷的的吸收尾闾(sink strength)和材料的辐照硬化/脆化的关系。结果表明,吸收尾闾越大,ODS钢的抗辐照硬化和脆化能力越强。     

北京HI-13串列加速器上单粒子效应辐射装置简介

在北京HI-13串列加速器上建立了微电子器件单粒子效应地面模拟辐照试验装置. 利用Q3D磁谱仪的高分辨特性和散焦特性, 获得了强度均匀分布、注量率可调的单能重离子束流, 开展了大量星用器件抗单粒子效应性能评估试验研究. 为了深入研究单粒子效应机制, 采用针孔准直技术, 建立了重离子微束单粒子效应辐射装置, 获得了最小束点尺度为2.3μm×3.5μm的重离子微束.     

25 MeV/u Kr辐照下PET薄膜的损伤机制研究

通过25 MeV/u 86 Kr离子辐照叠层结晶聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯膜（PET）, 在不同的电子能损（3.40-7.25 keV/nm）和离子注量(5×1011----3×1012 ions/cm2)辐照条件下, 对Kr离子在PET中引起的辐照损伤效应进行了研究。借助傅里叶变换红外光谱分析,通过对样品的红外吸收峰进行扣除基底后的Lorentz拟合,分析了与主要官能团对应的吸收峰强度的变化趋势, 研究了化学结构与组分在重离子辐照下的变化规律; 利用X射线衍射光谱仪测量, 研究了Kr离子在PET潜径迹中引起的非晶化过程,并通过对吸光度和非晶化强度随离子注量的指数衰减规律的分析, 获得了不同电子能损离子辐照PET时主要官能团的损伤截面和非晶化截面及对应的潜径迹半径。 At room temperature, polyethylene terephthalate(PET) foil stacks were irradiated by 25 MeV/u Kr ions in the electronic stopping power range(3.3--7.66 keV/nm) and the fluence range from 5×1011 to 3×1012 ions/cm2. The behaviour of the main function groups with fluence and electronic stopping power were studied by using Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) spectroscopy, the degradation of the function group was investigated with the Lorentz fitting subtracted baseline. The amorphous processes in the latent tracks of PET were studied by X ray diffraction(XRD) measurements. The Kr ion induced degradation cross section and amorphisation cross sections(radii) for different electronic energy loss were acquired from the experimental data(FT IR and XRD) by exponential decay function respectively. 